Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

